Remote Data Center Cost Controls Manager

Poutrix; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid holidays

PTO 15 days

Job summary

Arcadis in the United States is seeking an experienced Construction Cost Controls Manager to support data center programs. This remote role requires delivering cost control across fit-out, retrofit, and ground-up builds with minimal travel.

You will manage budgets, forecasts, invoices, change orders, and risk registers, coordinating with finance, procurement, and project teams. The ideal candidate has 7+ years in cost controls, strong Excel, QA/QC, and clear written communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Finance, Business, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in construction cost controls, project controls, cost management, or related roles.
• Experience supporting large-scale data center, mission critical, or complex capital programs.
• Strong knowledge of cost control, forecasting, change management, invoices, accruals, PO, reporting.
• Experience reviewing change orders, invoices, cost reports, forecasts, and cash flows.
• Ability to work with multiple stakeholders, systems, workflows, and reporting deadlines.
• Strong Excel, analytical, and written communication skills.
• Attention to detail and data accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Manage construction cost controls for data center fit-out, retrofit, modernization, connectivity, and new build programs.
• Support budget setup, cost tracking, forecasting, cash flow, accruals, and OCM reporting.
• Review contractor and vendor invoices, payment applications, backup documentation, and cost submissions.
• Analyze and process change orders, including unit rates, labor rates, markups, and forecast impacts.
• Maintain alignment between budgets, commitments, purchase orders, actuals, pending changes, and forecasted final costs.
• Support risk register updates, cost risk tracking, and mitigation actions.
• Prepare monthly cost reports, variance commentary, executive summaries, and ad-hoc cost analyses.
• Coordinate with construction, project controls, finance, procurement, scheduling, estimating, and delivery teams.
• Support contract, purchase order, compliance documentation, and financial closeout activities.

Skills

Excel

Analytical

Written communication

Data QA/QC

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Change orders & invoices

Data center delivery awareness

Deadline management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Finance, Business, or related field

Tools

Unifier

eBuilder

Procore

Tableau

Power BI

Primavera P6

Oracle

SAP

Job description

Arcadis in the United States is seeking an experienced Construction Cost Controls Manager to support data center programs. This remote role requires delivering cost control across fit-out, retrofit, and ground-up builds with minimal travel.

You will manage budgets, forecasts, invoices, change orders, and risk registers, coordinating with finance, procurement, and project teams. The ideal candidate has 7+ years in cost controls, strong Excel, QA/QC, and clear written communication.